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(No Model.)

H. MURPHY.

HARNESS CHECK REIN HOOK.

No. 300,494. Patented June 17, 1884,

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UNITED STATES PATENT @EEicE,

HUGH MURPHY, OF LOW ELL, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE AS-SIGNMENTS, TO HIMSELF AND FRANCIS MCCLOREY, OF SAME PLACE.

' HARNESS CHECK-REIN HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 300,494, dated June 17,1884.

Application filed April 23, 1884. (No model.)

To all "whomit may concern:

Be it known that I, HUGH MURPHY, of Lowell, in the county of Middlesex,of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Han ness Gheckltein Hooks; and I do hereby declare thesame to be described in the following specification, and represented inthe acconr panying drawings, of which- Figure 1 is a top View, and Fig.2 a side elevation, of a rein-hook containing my invention, the natureof which is defined in the claim hereinafter presented.

The article is to be fixed to the upper part or middle of the saddle ofa harness, and is for hitching the check-rein.

In the drawings, A denotes the base of the rein-hook, such base having ahorn, B, extending upward from it in a direction inclined to i it, asshown. To the said horn B there is fulcrunied a hooked lover or catch,E, which, arranged above the horn, has its fulcrum at a. In advance ofthe horn is a curved prong or arm, 0, which is hinged or jointed to thefront part of the said base, and when in its rearmost position it is atits upper end against the horn .3, as represented, in which case thehook I) of the lever E extends over the contiguous ends of the horn andprong or arm, so as to hold the latter from being drawn forward by thecheck-rei 11 when hitched on such prong or arm. A spring, 13, fastenedto the base and bearing upward against the tail of the hooked lever,serves to hold the said lever in engagement with the arm 0. A line orcord, F, attached to the arm 0 goes loosely through the horn andlever-eatch. Thereis also aline G, attached to the upper arm of the saidlever-catch, all being as rep the lever catch, but with it to preventthe check-rein from getting out of engagement with the arm 0 when thelatter is at its highest position. If, now, we suppose the cheekrein tobe hitched on the arm, and such arm to be against the horn and heldthere by the lever-catch, the arm will be firmly maintained in suchposition while the catch is upon it. hen, however, it may be desirableto uncheck the horses head in order to enable him to move itdownwarthwhether to drink or otherwise, the line G is to be pulled so asto elevate the catclrlever out of engagement with the arm. The horse canthenmove his head downward, and by the check-rein pull forward the saidarm and the line F, the rein being at the same time hitched on the saidline. When it may become desirable to have the horses head raised andchecked up, the line F is to be pulled so as to raise the check-reinupon the arm 0, and draw backward the latter into engagement with thecatch-lever.

The lines F and G are to be supposed to extend to the body of thecarriage or vehicle to convenient positions to there be seized, asoocasion may require, by a person therein.

I claim The harness check-rein hook, a combination, substantially as setforth, consisting of the base A, horn B, pivoted arm (3, catch-lever E,and spring D, arranged and applied essentially in manner to operate asand for the purpose as represented.

HUGH MURPHY.

\Vitnesses:

Isaac BRADLEY, J OHN IVICSHEA.

resented. The horn B is not only to support i

